JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Abstract This article interprets the architectural and pictorial program of the Stagni Tomb-excavated in Alexandria in 1989-as indicative of both cultural interchange and gender-specific decoration in Roman-period Alexandrian funerary art. It suggests that the tomb's fusion of classical and Egyptian subjects and style-which are combined in a manner original to the Stagni Tomb-demonstrates the exchange of cultural material between the two major ethnic groups in ancient Alexandria and that the inventive subject matter of the Stagni Tomb indicates that the tomb was intended for a woman. The article concludes that the elements of the Stagni Tomb combine to form a multicultural program granting preservation for the body of the deceased and immortality for her soul.* An idiosyncracy of ancient Alexandria is the attention that it lavished on its dead. Monumental tombs of eastern dynasts figure prominently in the Helle-* I should like to thank Ahmed Abd el-Fattah, Acting Director of the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, for generously sharing with me photographs of the Wardian hypogea and inviting me to study and write on the Stagni Tomb. Discussions with Mervat Seif el-Din, Chief Curator at the Graeco-Roman Museum, and Marie-Dominique Nenna, CNRS and field director of the recent Centre d'etudes alexandrines excavations in Gabbari, have added greater richness to this manuscript. Jean-Yves Empereur, CNRS, Director of the Centre d'etudes alexandrines, as always, provided genial hospitality and also the infrared and ultraviolet photographs of the Stagni Tomb and relevant and necessary information about the tomb's location. Evelyn B. Harrison, Donald P. Hansen, and Caroline M. Houser were there when I needed them. The two anonymous AJA reviewers provided a close reading and thoughtful insights, and Jan Jordan, secretary of the Agora Excavations, furnished the photo of the lamp
... Antike Kunst 49, 2006, pp. 29-41, pls. 5-10 I should like to express my thanks toKristine Gex... more ... Antike Kunst 49, 2006, pp. 29-41, pls. 5-10 I should like to express my thanks toKristine Gex, Adrienne Lezzi, Joan Mertens, Mary Moore, Linda Roccos, and the late Margot Schmidt for details that they provided for this article. ...
... Myth, meaning, and memory on Roman sarcophagi. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Koortboj... more ... Myth, meaning, and memory on Roman sarcophagi. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Koortbojian, Michael. ... PAGES (INTRO/BODY): xx,. SUBJECT(S): Sarcophagi, Roman; Relief (Sculpture), Roman; Mythology, Roman, in art. DISCIPLINE: No discipline assigned. ...
JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Abstract This article interprets the architectural and pictorial program of the Stagni Tomb-excavated in Alexandria in 1989-as indicative of both cultural interchange and gender-specific decoration in Roman-period Alexandrian funerary art. It suggests that the tomb's fusion of classical and Egyptian subjects and style-which are combined in a manner original to the Stagni Tomb-demonstrates the exchange of cultural material between the two major ethnic groups in ancient Alexandria and that the inventive subject matter of the Stagni Tomb indicates that the tomb was intended for a woman. The article concludes that the elements of the Stagni Tomb combine to form a multicultural program granting preservation for the body of the deceased and immortality for her soul.* An idiosyncracy of ancient Alexandria is the attention that it lavished on its dead. Monumental tombs of eastern dynasts figure prominently in the Helle-* I should like to thank Ahmed Abd el-Fattah, Acting Director of the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, for generously sharing with me photographs of the Wardian hypogea and inviting me to study and write on the Stagni Tomb. Discussions with Mervat Seif el-Din, Chief Curator at the Graeco-Roman Museum, and Marie-Dominique Nenna, CNRS and field director of the recent Centre d'etudes alexandrines excavations in Gabbari, have added greater richness to this manuscript. Jean-Yves Empereur, CNRS, Director of the Centre d'etudes alexandrines, as always, provided genial hospitality and also the infrared and ultraviolet photographs of the Stagni Tomb and relevant and necessary information about the tomb's location. Evelyn B. Harrison, Donald P. Hansen, and Caroline M. Houser were there when I needed them. The two anonymous AJA reviewers provided a close reading and thoughtful insights, and Jan Jordan, secretary of the Agora Excavations, furnished the photo of the lamp
... Antike Kunst 49, 2006, pp. 29-41, pls. 5-10 I should like to express my thanks toKristine Gex... more ... Antike Kunst 49, 2006, pp. 29-41, pls. 5-10 I should like to express my thanks toKristine Gex, Adrienne Lezzi, Joan Mertens, Mary Moore, Linda Roccos, and the late Margot Schmidt for details that they provided for this article. ...
... Myth, meaning, and memory on Roman sarcophagi. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Koortboj... more ... Myth, meaning, and memory on Roman sarcophagi. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Koortbojian, Michael. ... PAGES (INTRO/BODY): xx,. SUBJECT(S): Sarcophagi, Roman; Relief (Sculpture), Roman; Mythology, Roman, in art. DISCIPLINE: No discipline assigned. ...
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